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I have a small indoor greenhouse that I am having trouble with the humidity. I can't get the humidity above 30% even with humidity trays on each shelf of the greenhouse – very dry here in AZ. So right now all my broms are housed in my Exo so I can't do my build for my frogs:-(
Anyway I purchased a humidifier that I want to plumb to the greenhouse to raise the humidity. The one I purchased can be seen here Deprecated Browser Error. I only purchased this one because I got a great deal on it and it has a large reservoir. It has something called an Ionic Silver Stick to inhibit microbial growth in the included filter that has some kind of resin in it. The resin doesn’t look like DI resin, it is much smaller and a cream color instead of the normal rust color I am used to seeing – it does state that it is a “Demineralization cartridge”. What got me scared is right smack on the front of the directions it says not to point it at plants! I'm guessing due to the Ionic Silver technology which is also coated on the filter housing? Have no idea. I will be running RO/DI TDS 0 water in it regardless - do I even need to run it with these filters or can I run it regardless of the directions stating not to point it at plants?
I thought about misting instead, but already bought a Mistking for the terrarium and it will be about 30 feet away from the greenhouse and didn’t really want to buy another since I got this humidifier for real cheap.
Also, the green house is lighted by 4 t5ho's (96 watts) over the top of it and 2 t5ho's (48 watts) horizontally about half way down the front side for more light on the lower shelves. Can't put the lights inside the green house as it raises the temps way too high. I keep my thermostat at 78f (any higher and my bills soar, they’re already too high with it at 78f) and the temps in the green house are between 79f-81f.
Also planning on putting fans in the greenhouse for circulation – maybe that alone would help raise the humitity?
Thanks for any help.
Anyway I purchased a humidifier that I want to plumb to the greenhouse to raise the humidity. The one I purchased can be seen here Deprecated Browser Error. I only purchased this one because I got a great deal on it and it has a large reservoir. It has something called an Ionic Silver Stick to inhibit microbial growth in the included filter that has some kind of resin in it. The resin doesn’t look like DI resin, it is much smaller and a cream color instead of the normal rust color I am used to seeing – it does state that it is a “Demineralization cartridge”. What got me scared is right smack on the front of the directions it says not to point it at plants! I'm guessing due to the Ionic Silver technology which is also coated on the filter housing? Have no idea. I will be running RO/DI TDS 0 water in it regardless - do I even need to run it with these filters or can I run it regardless of the directions stating not to point it at plants?
I thought about misting instead, but already bought a Mistking for the terrarium and it will be about 30 feet away from the greenhouse and didn’t really want to buy another since I got this humidifier for real cheap.
Also, the green house is lighted by 4 t5ho's (96 watts) over the top of it and 2 t5ho's (48 watts) horizontally about half way down the front side for more light on the lower shelves. Can't put the lights inside the green house as it raises the temps way too high. I keep my thermostat at 78f (any higher and my bills soar, they’re already too high with it at 78f) and the temps in the green house are between 79f-81f.
Also planning on putting fans in the greenhouse for circulation – maybe that alone would help raise the humitity?
Thanks for any help.